Conferences and Events
Hosted Seminar Series
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series
A bimonthly lecture series, held on first and third Thursdays during the academic year at 4 p.m., featuring scientists whose research interests complement those of departmental faculty.
Work-in-Progress Seminar
A bimonthly forum, held on second and fourth Thursdays at 11 a.m., for students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty to present their ongoing research and gain valuable feedback from colleagues.
WIP Schedule — Fall 2024 and Spring 2025
(2nd & 4th Thursdays, 11:00 a.m., unless noted otherwise)
10.24.2024
Angela Ting, Ph.D.
The story of the (mRNA) tail
11.14.2024
Kevin McBride, Ph.D.
01.23.2025
Puspa Das, Ph.D.
Preliminary study of small-molecule epigenetic inhibitors for induction of fetal hemoglobin (HbF)
(Cheng Lab)
02.13.2025
Jôsimar Moreira, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Epigenetic modulators of B cell lymphoma and blood cell differentiation
(Santos Lab)
02.27.2025
Charles Ishak, Ph.D.
Emerging mechanisms of viral mimicry regulation during ovarian cancer initiation
03.13.2025
No Meeting — Spring Break
03.27.2025
Melissa Frasca
Epic search for the perfect partner: How do homologs find each other during meiosis?
(Cole Lab)
04.15.2025 at 1 p.m.
Melissa Frasca Thesis Defense
Epic search for the perfect partner: How do homologs find each other during meiosis?
(Cole Lab)
04.24.2025
Rescheduled due to "Understanding our Technologies" seminar, presented by:
Collene Jeter, Ph.D.
Advanced Microscopy Core
11 a.m.
TMC3 Hermann Hall Auditorium
05.08.2025
Zeba Siddiqui, Ph.D.
Two domains for DNA repair, connected and disconnected
(Wood Lab)
05.22.2025
Wei He, Ph.D.
ProTiler-Mut reveals novel insights into proteomic mutation-phenotype linkages from tiling mutagenesis screens
(Xu Lab)
06.12.2025
Srinivas Animireddy, Ph.D.
(Bartholomew Lab)
06.26.2025
Abhinav Jain, Ph.D.
(EpiCore)
07.10.2025
Marcos Estecio, Ph.D.
RRBS and WGBS and EM-Seq. Oh, My
(Epigenomics Profiling Core)
07.24.2025
Karen Vasquez, Ph.D.
(UT Austin)
Related Seminar Series
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Monthly Student Seminar Series (GEM)
Held on the second Thursday of the month at noon, this series is organized and presented by students from G&E labs. Most GEM seminars feature two student research talks.
Enjoy Science Seminar Series
The Enjoy Science seminars highlight the faculty research across MD Anderson and are typically held on 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10 a.m.
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
The Blaffer Lecture series, organized by the Department of Genetics, is held on Tuesdays at noon during the academic year. Blaffer speakers are prominent researchers from a variety of fields and trainees have the opportunity to meet in a small group setting with the speakers.
Conferences & Retreats
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Retreat
The G&E Retreat was held October 25-26, 2024
South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, Texas
Center for Cancer Epigenetics Annual Spring Retreat
The most recent CCE retreat was held June 28, 2024 at the Cooley Center. Planning is underway for a CCE retreat at Round Top Festival Institute, May 9-10, 2025
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Speakers, Fall 2024
Seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4 p.m., unless noted otherwise
Thursday, September 5, 2024
High-throughput genomics for precision medicine
Gaelen Hess, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry and Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine
Wisconsin Institutes of Medical Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Daniel De Carvalho, Ph.D.
Helen M. Cooke Professorship in Cancer Epigenetics
Professor, Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
CSO Adela
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Canceled
Gary Hon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioinformatics
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Thursday, October 17, 2024
FFPE-CUTAC for comprehensive epigenomic profiling in oncology
Ye Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Decoding BAF chromatin remodeling complexes in cell fate determinations
Swetansu Hota, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Kristopher W. Brannan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for RNA Therapeutics & Houston Methodist Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences, Academic Institute
Assistant Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist-Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Speakers, Spring 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Decoding the Human Transcriptional Mediator Complex: Structural Insights into Regulatory Mechanisms
Kuang-Lei Tsai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UT Health Science Center Houston
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Postponed
Georgios Karras, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
MD Anderson
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Epigenetic and translational control in T-ALL: Mechanisms driving leukemogenesis
Palaniraja "Raja" Thandapani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Hematopoietic Biology and Malignancy
MD Anderson
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Targeting transposable elements to reverse cancer immune evasion
Katherine Chiappinelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine
George Washington University, GW Cancer Center
Thursday, March 20, 2025
PRMT5-driven regulation of chromatin and RNA dynamics
David Shechter, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Epigenetic regulation of lineage plasticity in BRAFV600E colorectal cancer
Heather O'Hagan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Thursday, April 17, 2025, 11 a.m. (please note time)
Novel functional and spatial genomic techniques for studying aging and cancer
Junyue Cao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The Rockefeller University
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Tihe spliceosome in health and disease
Daniel "Dan" R. Larson, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression
National institutes of Health National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
Tuesday, May 15, 2025
Chromatin organization in the 3D nucleus and in cartesian space of brain malignancies
Marco Gallo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine